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EPA delays implementation of the 2015 ozone rules
The Environmental Protection Agency will pause tighter ozone rules one year for further study. The more stringent standard was expected to have a significant effect on counties nationwide. NACo has supported a delay in implementation until prior rules from 2008 were fully implemented and studied. Read more
The Environmental Protection Agency will pause tighter ozone rules one year for further study. The more stringent standard was expected to have a significant effect on counties nationwide. NACo has supported a delay in implementation until prior rules from 2008 were fully implemented and studied. Read more
Congress considers legislation to restructure the PACE program
A program that lets homeowners finance energy-efficient improvements such as solar panels through special property tax assessments may face increased regulatory hurdles. New legislation regarding Property Assessed Clean Energy programs would require local governments using the program to comply with lending requirements akin to mortgage lending. Read more
HUD secretary emphasizes efficiency and public-private partnerships in 2018 budget
Testifying before House and Senate appropriations subcommittees, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson maintained his agency could increase its performance despite a proposed $7.4 billion budget cut. Among the slated cuts are elimination of the Community Development Block Grant and HOME Investment Partnerships programs, both of which are crucial to local governments. Read more
Senate leadership eyes health care vote this month
Though no bill text has been released, a Senate repeal of the Affordable Care Act must achieve at least $119 billion in deficit reduction under that body’s rules. The House version cut Medicaid $834 billion over 10 years, which concerns counties as the owners of hospitals and providers of indigent care. Read more
House Freedom Caucus releases tax reform goals
A coalition of about 40 of the most conservative members of the House has released a set of principles they hope to see achieved through comprehensive tax reform. They include lower corporate and small business tax rates, accelerated business expensing, voluntary repatriation of offshore earnings at a reduced tax rate and doubling the standard deduction for individuals. Read more
USDA announces new assistant to the secretary for rural development
As part of a comprehensive reorganization of Department of Agriculture’s subcabinet, Secretary Sonny Perdue named Anne Hazlett assistant to the secretary for rural development. Read more
House Ways and Means introduces bill that would reauthorize home visitation program
The House Ways and Means Committee Human Resources Subcommittee Chairman Adrian Smith (R-Neb.) introduced a bill to reauthorize the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting program at the current level of $400 million per year for FY18—FY22. Read more
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